Missouri HB 2088: Establishes the Earning Safe Reentry Through Work Act of 2021

Bill Text

3895H02.02H
HB2088
House _______________________________________________________Amendment NO.____
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AMENDHouse Bill No.2088,Page 6,Section 217.704,Line 91,byinserting after saidsectionand
line the following:
"491.065. 1. Asusedin thissectionunlessthe context otherwise requires,the following
wordsmean:
(1) "Benefit", anyplea bargain,bail consideration, reduction or modification of sentence,or
anyother leniency,immunity, financial payment,reward,or amelioration of current or future
conditionsof incarcerationthat hasbeenrequestedor that hasbeenor may, at a future date,be
offeredor provided in connectionwith or in exchange for the testimony of aninformant whowas
endorsedbythe state;
(2) "Informant", a witnesswhoprovidestestimony that offersallegedly self-incriminating
statementsor activitiesof another personwhoisunder investigation or beingchargedwith an
offense andthe witness:
(a) Isor wasincarceratedwith the suspect or defendant;
(b) Isbeingdetainedbyor in the custodyof lawenforcement; or
(c) Providestestimony in exchange for anybenefit.
The term "informant" shall not refer to or include a codefendant or victim involved in the case.
2. Eachprosecuting attorney'soffice shall maintain a central recordthat issearchable and
tracks:
(1) Eachcase in whichaninformant hasbeenendorsedbythe state to testify against a
defendant'sinterest;
(2) The substance of the testimony; and
(3) Anybenefit that hasbeenrequestedbyor hasbeenofferedto the informant, andany
benefit that may be provided at a future date in connectionwith suchtestimony.
3. Ona monthly basis,eachcounty'sprosecuting attorney'soffice shall sendthe information
describedunder subsection2of thissectionto the Missouri state highwaypatrol within the
department of public safety,andthe information shall be maintained in a centralizedstatewide
recordthat isavailable to prosecuting attorneysthroughout the state.
4. The information describedin thissectionisaccessible only bythe prosecuting attorney's
office andisnot subject to the provisionsunder chapter 610. Nothing in thissectionshall be
interpreted to exclude the mandatory disclosure of thisinformation to a defendant through
discovery,in accordance with Brady v.Maryland,373U.S.83(1963) andother controlling legal
precedent.
5. If a prosecuting attorney endorsesa witnessto testify asaninformant, the following
material andinformation shall be disclosedwithin the time frame provided under rule 25of the
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Missouri rulesof criminal procedure:
(1) The complete criminal history of the informant, including anychargesthat are pending
or were reduced,amended,or dismissed aspart of a plea bargain;
(2) The informant cooperationagreement anda copyof anydeal,promise, inducement,or
benefit that hasbeenrequestedor that hasbeenor may, at a future date,be offeredor provided to the
informant in connectionwith testimony against the defendant'sinterest;
(3) The substance,time, andplace of anystatement allegedlygivenbythe defendant to the
informant, andthe substance,time, andplace of anystatement givenbythe informant to law
enforcement implicating the defendant in the offense charged;
(4) Whether the informant recantedthat testimony or statement and,if so,the time andplace
of the recantation,the nature of the recantation,andthe namesof the personswhowere present at
the recantation; and
(5) Information concerningother criminal casesin anycounty in whichthe informant was
endorsedbythe state to testify against a defendant,including the following:
(a) The case name andnumber;
(b) The substance of the testimony;
(c) Anycooperationagreement,deal,promise, inducement,or benefit that wasrequested,
offered,or provided to the informant in connectionwith the informant'stestimony; and
(d) Anyother information that isrequestedto be disclosed under the Constitution of the
UnitedStates, the Constitution of Missouri, andthe Missouri rulesof criminal procedure.
6. Failure to provide in discoveryinformation in response to subsection 5of thissection
shall result in a waiver of absolute immunity for anyprosecuting attorney whoviolatesthe provision
anda waiver of qualified immunity for anylawenforcement officer whofailsto disclose benefitsor
promisesof benefits.
7. In anycriminal prosecution in whichthe prosecuting attorney'soffice intendsto introduce
the testimony of aninformant anduponthe motion of the defendant,the court shall conduct a
pretrial hearingto determine whether the informant'stestimony isreliable andtherefore admissible
baseduponthe material andinformation disclosedunder subsections5and6of thissection,aswell
asthe following factors:
(1) The extent to whichthe informant'stestimony issupported byother evidence;
(2) The specificity of the informant'stestimony;
(3)